Table 63.

Teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 2000 through fall 2005

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/ teacher ratio, fall 2000		Pupil/ teacher ratio, fall 2001		Pupil/ teacher ratio, fall 2002		Fall 2003						Fall 20041						Fall 2005
							Teachers		Enrollment		Pupil/ teacher ratio		Teachers		Enrollment		Pupil/ teacher ratio		Teachers		Enrollment		Pupil/ teacher ratio
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13
United States	16.0	2	15.9	2	15.9	2	3,048,652	2	48,540,215	2	15.9	2	3,090,396	2	48,794,911	2	15.8	2	3,136,921	2	49,113,474	2	15.7	2
Alabama	15.4	3	15.8	3	15.7	3	58,070		731,220		12.6		51,594		730,140		14.2		57,757		741,758		12.8
Alaska	16.9		16.7		16.6		7,808		133,933		17.2		7,756		132,970		17.1		7,912		133,288		16.8
Arizona	19.8		20.0		19.9		47,507		1,012,068		21.3		48,935		1,043,298		21.3		51,376		1,094,454		21.3
Arkansas	14.1		13.6		14.9		30,876		454,523		14.7		31,234		463,115		14.8		32,997		474,206		14.4
California	20.6	3	20.5	3	20.6	3	304,311	3	6,413,867	3	21.1	3	305,969	3	6,441,557	3	21.1	3	309,128	3	6,437,202	3	20.8	3
Colorado	17.3		16.8		16.6		44,904		757,693		16.9		45,165		765,976		17.0		45,841		779,826		17.0
Connecticut	13.7		13.7		13.5		42,370		577,203		13.6		38,808		577,390		14.9		39,687		575,059		14.5
Delaware	15.4		15.3		15.1		7,749		117,668		15.2		7,856		119,091		15.2		7,998		120,937		15.1
District of Columbia	13.9		13.9	4	13.9		5,676		78,057		13.8		5,387		76,714		14.2		5,481	5	76,876		14.0
Florida	18.4		18.6		18.4		144,955		2,587,628		17.9		154,864		2,639,336		17.0		158,962		2,675,024		16.8
Georgia	15.9		15.9		15.6		97,150		1,522,611		15.7		104,987		1,553,437		14.8		108,535		1,598,461		14.7
Hawaii	16.9		16.8		16.8		11,129		183,609		16.5		11,146		183,185		16.4		11,226		182,818		16.3
Idaho	17.9		17.8		17.9		14,049		252,120		17.9		14,269		256,084		17.9		14,521		261,982		18.0
Illinois	16.1		16.0		15.9		127,669		2,100,961		16.5		131,047		2,097,503		16.0		133,857		2,111,706		15.8
Indiana	16.7		16.7		16.7		59,924		1,011,130		16.9		60,563		1,021,348		16.9		60,592		1,035,074		17.1
Iowa	14.3		13.9		13.9		34,791		481,226		13.8		34,697		478,319		13.8		35,181		483,482		13.7
Kansas	14.4		14.2		14.4		32,589		470,490		14.4		32,932		469,136		14.2		33,608		467,285		13.9
Kentucky	16.8		16.2		16.3		41,246		663,369		16.1		41,463		674,796		16.3		42,413		679,878		16.0
Louisiana	16.6		16.6		16.6		50,495		727,709		16.6		49,192		724,281		16.6		44,660		654,526		16.6
Maine	12.5		12.3		12.1		17,621		202,084		11.5		16,656		198,820		11.9		16,684		195,498		11.7
Maryland	16.3		16.0		15.7		55,198		869,113		15.7		55,101		865,561		15.7		56,685		860,020		15.2
Massachusetts	14.5		14.1		13.2		72,062		980,459		13.6		73,399		975,574		13.3		73,596		971,909		13.2
Michigan	17.7	3	17.5		19.9		97,014		1,757,604		18.1		100,634		1,750,919		17.4		99,838	3	1,741,845		17.4
Minnesota	16.0		16.0		16.0		51,611		842,854		16.3		52,152		838,503		16.1		51,107		839,243		16.4
Mississippi	16.1		15.8		15.6		32,591		493,540		15.1		31,321		495,376		15.8		31,433		494,954		15.7
Missouri	14.1		13.9		13.6		65,169		905,941		13.9		65,481		905,449		13.8		67,076		917,705		13.7
Montana	14.9		14.6		14.5		10,301		148,356		14.4		10,224		146,705		14.3		10,369		145,416		14.0
Nebraska	13.6		13.5		13.6		20,921		285,542		13.6		21,077		285,761		13.6		21,359		286,646		13.4
Nevada	18.6		18.5		18.4		20,234		385,401		19.0		20,950		400,083		19.1		21,744		412,395		19.0
New Hampshire	14.5		14.1		13.9		15,112		207,417		13.7		15,298		206,852		13.5		15,536		205,767		13.2
New Jersey	13.3		12.9		12.8		109,077		1,380,753		12.7		114,875		1,393,347		12.1		112,673		1,395,602		12.4
New Mexico	15.2		14.7		15.1		21,569		323,066		15.0		21,730		326,102		15.0		22,021		326,758		14.8
New York	13.9		13.7		13.7		216,116		2,864,775		13.3		218,612	5	2,836,337		13.0		218,989		2,815,581		12.9
North Carolina	15.5		15.4		15.2		89,988		1,360,209		15.1		92,550		1,385,754		15.0		95,664		1,416,436		14.8
North Dakota	13.4		13.2		12.9		8,037		102,233		12.7		8,070		100,513		12.5		8,003		98,283		12.3
Ohio	15.5		15.0		14.7		121,735		1,845,428		15.2		118,060		1,840,032		15.6		117,982		1,839,683		15.6
Oklahoma	15.1		14.9		15.4		39,253		626,160		16.0		40,416		629,476		15.6		41,833		634,739		15.2
Oregon	19.4		19.5		20.4		26,732		551,273		20.6		27,431		552,322		20.1		28,256		552,194		19.5
Pennsylvania	15.5		15.4		15.4		119,889		1,821,146		15.2		121,167		1,828,089		15.1		122,397		1,830,684		15.0
Rhode Island	14.8		14.2		14.2		11,918		159,375		13.4		11,781		156,498		13.3		14,299	3	153,422		10.7
South Carolina	14.9		14.5		14.9		45,830		699,198		15.3		46,914		703,736		15.0		48,212		701,544		14.6
South Dakota	13.7		13.6		14.0		9,245		125,537		13.6		9,064		122,798		13.5		9,129		122,012		13.4
Tennessee	15.9	3	15.8	3	15.8	3	59,584		936,682	3	15.7	3	60,022		941,091	3	15.7	3	59,596		953,928	3	16.0	3
Texas	14.8		14.7		14.8		289,481		4,331,751		15.0		294,547		4,405,215		15.0		302,425		4,525,394		15.0
Utah	21.9		21.8		21.8		22,147		495,981		22.4		22,287		503,607		22.6		22,993	3	508,430		22.1
Vermont	12.1		11.8		11.7		8,749		99,103		11.3		8,720		98,352		11.3		8,851		96,638		10.9
Virginia	13.2	3	13.0		11.8		90,573		1,192,092		13.2		93,732		1,204,739		12.9		96,158		1,214,472		12.6
Washington	19.7		19.2		19.2		52,824		1,021,349		19.3		53,125		1,020,005		19.2		53,508		1,031,985		19.3
West Virginia	13.7		14.0		14.0		20,020		281,215		14.0		19,958		280,129		14.0		19,940		280,866		14.1
Wisconsin	14.6		13.9		14.6		58,216		880,031		15.1		60,521		864,757		14.3		60,127		875,174		14.6
Wyoming	13.3		13.2		13.0	3	6,567		87,462		13.3		6,657		84,733		12.7		6,706		84,409		12.6
Bureau of Indian Education	—		—		—		—		45,828		—		—		45,828		—		—		50,938		—
DoD, overseas	14.4		14.2		15.2		4,728		71,053		15.0		4,885		68,327		14.0		5,726		62,543		10.9
DoD, domestic	14.2		13.2		13.2		2,301		30,603		13.3		2,002		29,151		14.6		2,033		28,329		13.9
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	19.1		17.4		17.0		988		15,893		16.1		945		16,126		17.1		971		16,399		16.9
Guam	16.4		16.7		—		1,760		31,572		17.9		1,672		30,605		18.3		1,804		30,986		17.2
Northern Marianas	19.0		20.2		20.6		550		11,244		20.4		579		11,601		20.0		614		11,718		19.1
Puerto Rico	16.3		14.1		14.1		42,444		584,916		13.8		43,054		575,648		13.4		42,036		563,490		13.4
Virgin Islands	12.9		12.4		12.2		1,512		17,716		11.7		1,545		16,429		10.6		1,434		16,750		11.7

— Not available. 1 Data have been revised from previously published figures. 2 Includes imputed values for states. 3 Includes imputations for underreporting of prekindergarten teachers/enrollment. 4 Ratio based on enrollment excluding 6,943 charter school students for whom no teacher counts were reported. 5 Imputed. NOTE: Teachers reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). DoD = Department of Defense. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Com­mon Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2000-01 through 2005-06. (This table was prepared July 2007.)